10.1435, Sum: Relation between grammar and lexicon in SLA

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Subject: 10.1435, Sum: Relation between grammar and lexicon in SLA

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Date:  Sat, 02 Oct 1999 20:18:28 +0200
From:  Mikael Parkvall <parkvall at ling.su.se>
Subject:  Relation between grammar and lexicon in SLA

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Date:  Sat, 02 Oct 1999 20:18:28 +0200
From:  Mikael Parkvall <parkvall at ling.su.se>
Subject:  Relation between grammar and lexicon in SLA

About two months ago, I asked the Linguist List members whether there
existed any studies that related the size of the grammatical competence and
the vocabulary size in SLA. My question was also forwarded by a friend to
the SLART-L second language acquisition list.

I received thirteen responses, the vast majority through SLART-L rather
than through Linguist. They were of the following five basic types:

* No, but there are such studies on FIRST language acquisition (2
respondents).
* No, I am familiar with SLA literature, but have never seen any such
studies (5).
* No, and my personal experience suggests that there is no such connexion (2).
* No, but here are some reflexions on the subject (2)
* Yes, Paul Meara has documented such a connexion, but I have no precise
reference to offer (1).

I also got some references to works that were said not deal with the
precise subject of my query, but with allegedly related topics. I must
admit that I haven't checked them out yet, but anyone interested can write
to me for the precise references.

The reference to Paul Meara sounds interesting. It was afterwards suggested
that the paper in question might be one of the following two:

Meara, Paul (1992): Network structures and vocabulary acquisition in a
foreign language. In: Arnaud P. and H. Bejoint (Eds.), Vocabulary and
Applied Linguistics. London: Macmillan. 62-70

Meara, Paul (1996): The dimensions of lexical competence. In: G. Brown, K.
Malmkjaer and J. Williams. (Eds). Peformance and Competence in Second
Language Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

...but neither is available to me at the time of writing this.


The following responded to my query, for which I am of course grateful:

Anette Nielsen <linanet at stud.hum.au.dk>
Keith Folse <folse at luna.cas.usf.edu>
Doug Cooper <doug at th.net>
Marcelo Cunha Santos <mcs at dss.inpe.br>
Jeff Siegel <jsiegel at metz.une.edu.au>
Nina Garrett <nina.garrett at yale.edu>
Greg Matheson <lang at ms.chinmin.edu.tw>
Leslie Blair <lblair at cadvision.com>
Charles Adamson <adamson at mxu.meshnet.or.jp>
Joe Hilferty <hilferty at fil.ub.es>
Johan Vanparys <Johan.Vanparys at fundp.ac.be>
Tom Leverett <leverett at siu.edu>
Klaus Brandl <brandl at mailer11.u.washington.edu>


Mikael Parkvall

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Mikael Parkvall
Institutionen för lingvistik
Stockholms Universitet
S-10691 STOCKHOLM

+46 (0)8 16 14 41
Fax: +46 (0)8 15 53 89

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